Pune: Minister hurt as his car kills motorcyclist

The victim -- Sahaji Baba Osarkar -- was crossing the expressway when the vehicle of Maharashtra Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Laxman Dobhale hit him at a great speed.

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Pune

September 17, 2010

UPDATED: September 17, 2010 11:15 IST

A speeding car carrying a Maharashtra minister crushed a motorcyclist to death on Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Thursday night. The minister and two others in the car were injured.

The victim -- Sahaji Baba Osarkar -- was crossing the expressway when the vehicle of Maharashtra Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Laxman Dobhale hit him at a great speed. The victim belonged to a nearby village.

The accident occurred near the toll gate in Pune as the minister was travelling from Mumbai. The impact of the collision was such that the biker was flung to a distance of around 100 feet. The minister's car went tumbling into the nearby bushes. It was badly mangled in the accident.

The minister, his bodyguard and driver were taken to a nearby hospital in Maval taluka. They were later shifted to YCM Hospital in Pune where they were in ICU.

The police have registered a case of accidental death. A police officer said, "The minister was going to Pune when a motorcycle came in front of this car leading to the accident. We are waiting to question the driver. The biker has died."

The doctor attending on the minister and the other injured said, "The minister's bodyguard came with trauma. I sent him to Lokmanya Hospital after primary treatment."

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